Four Bellmont Braves carded their best nine-hole rounds of the season on the Par-35 back nine at Foster Park Saturday despite sweltering heat and humidity to give the team their best performance of the year so far in 2025.
Ella Hockemeyer led the Braves, easily playing her best 18-hole round of the season with an 87. Her score of 42 on the back nine was also her best nine-hole score of the year.
“Ella struggled with her ball-striking early,” said head coach Mike Macke, “but her scoring was decent. She eventually got into a groove and finished with five pars and nine bogeys on her way to her best total of the season.”
The domination of the Braves on the back led Morgan Huss (44), Kinley Martin (51) and Ava Billman (47) to their best nine-hole scores of 2025.
“While our scoring was better today, I’m most proud of how the girls overcame a rocky start. Three of the five started with a double par on their first hole, and Morgan started with two doubles and a triple. However, they kept at it and things improved,” noted Macke.
The long-time coach noted that the course conditions were “terrible” with Foster Park undergoing major construction this summer.
“The fairways had cracks and dead areas,” he said, ” the greens were burned and spotty.”
Heritage finished with a season-best team score as well, taking 14th with a 423. No. 1 Liz Buuck broke 100 for the first time this year with a round of 97.
Natalie Sorg’s 50 on the back gave her the best nine-hole and 18-hole score of her year for Heritage.
The Braves finished ahead of two NE8 rivals, Leo and Huntington North, giving the team confidence as they get deeper into the conference slate.
Team Scores: 1st-Carroll (FW) 303; 2nd-DeKalb 306; 3rd-Warsaw 309; 4th-Homestead 313; 5th-East Noble 328; 6th-Concordia Lutheran 366; 7th-Fremont 373; 8th-Garrett 379; 9th-Bellmont 390; 14th-Heritage 423
Bellmont Scores: Ella Hockemeyer 87, Morgan Huss 97, Kinley Martin 105, Ava Billman 101, Lyla Post 109
Heritage Scores: Liz Buuck 97, Natalie Sorg 103, Morgan Comment 106, Anessa Spieth 117, Ellie Guenthner 126
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